Shang-Yung Wang Associate Professor of Physics Tamkang University Tamsui, Taipei 25137, Taiwan Tel: +886-2-2621-5656 ext. 3160 Fax: +886-2-2620-9917 Expand All | Collapse All

• Education
  • Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, USA (2001)
  • M.Sc., National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (1993)
  • B.Sc., National Taiwan University, Taiwan (1991)
• Academic Positions
  • Associate Professor, Tamkang University, Taiwan (2008-present)
  • Assistant Professor, Tamkang University, Taiwan (2005-2008)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Delaware, USA (2004-2005)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA (2001-2004)
• Research Interests
  • Dynamical Symmetry Breaking in Gauge Theories
  • Quantum Vacuum Effects in Classical Background Fields
  • Particle Physics at High Energies and High Densities
  • Out of Equilibrium Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Kinetic Theory
  • Early Universe Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics
• Teaching Experience
  • Associate Professor, Tamkang University, Taiwan (2008-present)

    • Recipient of the 2009 Tamkang Award for Best Lecture Notes

  • Assistant Professor, Tamkang University, Taiwan (2005-2008)

    • Consistently Rated among the Best Instructors in the Physics Department
    • Pioneered Use of the Moodle Learning Management System at Tamkang University
    • Recipient of the 2007 Tamkang Award for Excellence in Teaching

• Teaching
  • Courses Taught (2005-present)

    • Advanced Mathematical Physics (Graduate)
    • Exploring the Universe (Undergraduate; General Education; 2009 Tamkang Award for Best Lecture Notes)
    • General Physics Lab I (Undergraduate)
    • General Physics Lab II (Undergraduate)
    • Global Technology Revolution (Undergraduate; General Education)
    • Mathematical Physics I (Undergraduate; Lectured in English)
    • Mathematical Physics II (Undergraduate; Lectured in English)
    • Particle Physics (Undergraduate)
    • Quantum Mechanics I (Graduate/Undergraduate)
    • Quantum Mechanics II (Graduate/Undergraduate)
    • Statistical Mechanics I (Graduate)

  • Personal Moodle Learning Management System: eBlackBoard(at)taos.phys.tku.edu.tw
• Publications
  • List of Publications
  • Listing from SPIRES-HEP
  • Preprints submitted to arXiv.org
• External Links
  • arXiv.org e-Print Archive
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day
  • The Crackpot Index
  • International Year of Astronomy 2009
  • Not Even Wrong
  • Open Questions in Physics
  • The Particle Adventure
  • Physics Central
  • Physics Today
  • Physics World
  • The Portal to the Universe
  • Science Friday - Making Science User-Friendly
  • SPIRES High-Energy Physics Literature Database
  • Symmetry Magazine
  • The Universe Adventure